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Nightmare mother-in-law?

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My mother-in-law has a terrible habit of bad-mouthing everyone, especially her daughters-in-law in front of their children. Now her two boys have been dumped because of constant difficulties. She will say anything to whoever listens like I left the baby alone in the bath or that I spend the day on the internet (looking for a job, alright) and then I get aggravation about her false statements. Now that I have a job again, she looks after my son 3 days a week. She doesn't feed him the healthy food I bring as she reckons he "doesn't like it" but feeds him ham sandwiches and sausages. He was barely a year-old when she binned his dish of mashed vegies so she could feed him a microwavable lasagna. She then told me it was "home-made" but unfortunately I spotted the box in the rubbish bin.

If he's lucky he might get a banana. I told her a few times that the Avon "English Lavender" talcum powder was not appropriate for his bottom, but she still does it. She always says Yes in front of me but then changes her mind as soon as I get in the car. It is very frustrating.

I tried to put my foot down yesterday and she got upset and angry to be questioned so I had to stay away from work today because she would not look after the tot unless it was on her terms.

The worse part is that she tells our kids that it's OK to keep secrets from Mummy. She actively encourages the kids to lie to their mothers.

I wished I earned more so I could put my son in full-time professional childcare but I don't at the moment.

I can also spot the abusive mother here as her own kids will not say Boo to her. Both in their 30s, they can barely boil an egg, she has always served them and now it's pay-back time for them. She yells at them (and everybody else) until they shut up. She's ruining the next generation now. Please help. I feel like slapping her everytime

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  1. You just can't leave your child with her.

    You will have to some how find other arrangments nearly anythings better than her

    good luck!


  2. If she cant respect the way you want to bring up your children, then she shouldn't see them, its harsh but it sounds like its the only way to get the message across. Just try for a couple of weeks and see if she's changed her tune. If you can call in a few favours from friends and other family to help with looking after of your kids.

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